768 Struveana

768 Struveana

Name
Name Struveana
Designation 1913 SZ
Discovery
Discoverer G. N. Neujmin
Discovery date October 4, 1913
Discovery site Simeis
Orbital elements
Epoch August 18, 2005 (JDCT 2453600.5)
Eccentricity (e) 0.203
Semimajor axis (a) 3.154 AU
Perihelion (q) 2.513 AU
Aphelion (Q) 3.795 AU
Orbital period (P) 5.602 a
Inclination (i) 16.236°
Longitude of the ascending node (Ω) 39.151°
Argument of Perihelion (ω) 15.829°
Mean anomaly (M) 153.242°

768 Struveana is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. The asteroid was named jointly in honor of Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve, Otto Wilhelm von Struve and Karl Hermann Struve.

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